Please feel free to share your stories of how certain little self-care rituals changed your life for the better and have made you proud you started doing them.

  • Chaotic Entropy@feddit.uk
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    1 year ago

    “For men” feels a little reductive, I don’t mind painting my nails on occasion, listening to an audio book.

    A nice walk in heavy rain with big droplets does wonders, shoutout for the pluviophiles. Or sitting in a quiet spot of nature and taking in the ambience.

    Sometimes it’s as simple of having a cold beer and relaxing on the sofa with a good book or playing some couch co-op with my partner.

    • dan1101@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I’m sitting outside under a patio with a roof during a mild thunderstorm right now. Very relaxing.

    • Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 year ago

      One of my favorite things about living in the PNW is the rain

      There’s so many kinds of rain to walk in and so much nature to chill in

      It really allows me to put my mind back together after particularly rough days

      Audiobooks are great, don’t let anyone tell you differently.

      I used to enjoy painting my nails as a kid until my abusive grandma got around to that. I honestly would like to start up again but getting past those memories is pretty hard.

      • Chaotic Entropy@feddit.uk
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        I used to enjoy painting my nails as a kid until my abusive grandma got around to that. I honestly would like to start up again but getting past those memories is pretty hard.

        The only real cure is to pave over the top of bad memories with good memories. I love green and set my partner to work finding me decent colours for her/I to use, even her mother randomly got me some green polish for a birthday.